Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.22 of the Spring Budget 2017, how much of the £690 million fund to support local transport projects will be allocated to projects in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside local authority and (c) the North East.

The National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) allocates £690 million to local authorities in England for local transport networks. £490 million of this is available through a competition which was launched on 6 April and bids close on 30 June. Local authorities have an opportunity to bid for a share of the funding. In the North East, funding could be allocated to either or both of the two Combined Authorities (CAs), Tees Valley CA and North East CA, with the latter including both the Jarrow Parliamentary constituency and South Tyneside local authority. CAs are encouraged to coordinate the submission of NPIF bids for improvements to roads that are the responsibility of local authorities in their areas. At this stage it is not known which local authority areas will submit projects through the competition, or which will be endorsed by the relevant CAs.